The Supreme Court of India on Monday dismissed a suit that sought to halt arms exports to Israel amid its ongoing conflict in Gaza, citing the court’s inability to interfere in matters of foreign policy. The petition, a public interest litigation (PIL), argued that supplying military equipment to Israel could potentially violate international obligations under [...]

Ko Wen-je, the former mayor of Taipei and leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) was arrested in connection with allegations of corruption linked to Taipei’s Core Pacific City redevelopment project, which took place during Ko’s 2014-2022 tenure as mayor, his party said Saturday. Ko, who garnered significant support as a third-party candidate in Taiwan’s [...]

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Friday suspended the operations of X (formerly Twitter). This move came after the platform failed to comply with Brazil’s legal requirement to appoint a local representative. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who issued the order, underscored the importance of adhering to this legal obligation, marking a critical moment in the ongoing conflict [...]

Iranian authorities executed a man who was convicted of murdering lawyer Mahmoudreza Jafar Aghaei in Shahrood, Iran by public hanging on Monday. This was the first time the country publicly hanged an individual this year. The Center for Human Rights in Iran identified the executed man as Amirreza Ajam Akrami and stated that he was [...]

A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region killed two female journalists, Hero Baha’uddin and Golestan Tara, on Friday. Both journalists worked for a local Kurdish media company and were traveling near the village of Teperash in Sulaimaniyah province when the strike hit, according to reports from local media. The Kurdish Regional Government’s (KRG) counter-terrorism [...]

The Supreme Court of India took action Sunday in response to the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal by scheduling a hearing in the matter on August 20. The incident, which occurred on August 9, has sparked widespread protests and [...]

The UN will send a team of experts to Bangladesh next week to investigate the killings of protesters that occurred before and after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as Prime Minister last week, officials announced on Thursday. This mission marks the first time since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971 that the UN has initiated a fact-finding mission to [...]

The Supreme Court of Venezuela announced on Saturday that its decision regarding the disputed July 28 presidential election would be “final and binding.” The court’s president, Carylsia Rodriguez, confirmed this during a hearing, asserting that the assessment initiated on August 5 culminated in a conclusive ruling Nicolas Maduro as the President from 2025-2031. The election [...]

Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned on Saturday following a series of protests in Dhaka. The resignation was confirmed by Aisf Nazrul, the acting minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs in the interim government. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement led the protests, demanding the immediate resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the [...]

The ASEAN summit concluded after three days of discussions on Saturday, centring on the violence in Myanmar and tensions in the South China Sea. Laos’ Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith chaired the meeting, which included representatives from the US, Russia, and China. The summit placed significant emphasis on Myanmar’s post-coup humanitarian crisis. ASEAN issued a joint [...]